Have you ever experienced muscle soreness from your last workout?  Having sore muscles is a good reason to skip a
workout, right?  Maybe, maybe not.

Sore muscles and weight lifting go together like celebrities and breakups, especially if you are a beginner or coming back to weight training.

If you’re the typical male, you’ve commonly forgotten to check your ego at the door and lift too much weight rather than building gradually into your workouts.

If you’re too busy to finish reading this, my best and simple advice is to lower the intensity and work through it if you
have sore muscles and scheduled for a workout. Sore muscles are weak and damaged and if you expose them to more high intensity, it can lead to further damage, delayed recovery and potentially injury.

Getting muscle soreness is very common and a trial-and-error experience because you’re not sure what you can handle and what you can not handle.

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